There’s no other car that encourages you to go offroad quite like this all the buttons and systems inside glare at you daring you to press them and see what happens.Īdblock Adblock Plus Adblocker Ultimate Ghostery uBlock Origin Others If you want to feel indestructible, in charge, present, but don’t want to look like a road-hogging show-off, the Land Rover Defender 90 V8 could be for you. To say it coped with new environments would be an understatement: with the air suspension raised, off-road mode was deployed, and it could easily blast down a field, wade through small ponds, descend the steepest of hills, and drive off without making any fuss, before switching back to performance-focused road mode.Īfter spending 20 minutes in the car, you begin to realize how everything comes together. Despite luxurious and extravagant features such as the infotainment system, 22-inch rims, quad tailpipes, and even a cooling armrest compartment and a heated steering wheel, the Defender V8 is plenty capable of keeping up with its father offroad. Yet there’s a comforting familiarity to the model, too. But what shocks the most is the refinement of the overall experience - while you’re constantly aware of the power that lies beneath, you’re unable to hear exactly what’s happening outside, partly because it features one of the best bass-centric stereos ever fitted to a car. Aside from this, a liberal amount of Alcantara, leather, and hard-wearing materials combine for an interior reminiscent of the past but worthy of its $98,550 USD base price. But the driver’s position, which is reminiscent of the classic Defender as you sit high above everything else on the road, is akin to feeling like the king of the road. ‘Refined’ is a less obvious descriptor, especially at first sight of the car. A subtle growl from the V8 doesn’t bark like Jaguar-Land Rover’s SVR counterparts, but you’re always aware of the supercharger-enhanced 518 HP is there, potently and intoxicatingly at your disposal with the tilt of a toe. Imposing because of the sheer size of the thing: barrelling down the motorway, let alone a remote country backroad, immediately reminds you which car you’re driving. In three words, the Defender 90 V8 is imposing, refined, and familiar.
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